Gartner
Market Cap
US$13.1b
Last Updated
2019/10/21 23:36 UTC
Data Sources
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Executive Summary
Gartner, Inc. operates as a research and advisory company.
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Fundamentals
Moderate growth potential with questionable track record.
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Share Price & News
How has Gartner's share price performed over time and what events caused price changes?
Latest Share Price and Events
Market Performance
7 Day Return
0.8%
IT
-1.8%
US IT
1.0%
US Market
1 Year Return
-1.9%
IT
20.6%
US IT
8.0%
US Market
Return vs Industry: IT underperformed the US IT industry which returned 20.6% over the past year.
Return vs Market: IT underperformed the US Market which returned 8% over the past year.
Shareholder returns
| IT | Industry | Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Day | 0.8% | -1.8% | 1.0% |
| 30 Day | 1.0% | -0.9% | -0.07% |
| 90 Day | -14.3% | -5.5% | -1.0% |
| 1 Year | -1.9%-1.9% | 21.9%20.6% | 10.4%8.0% |
| 3 Year | 64.2%64.2% | 93.3%85.4% | 46.2%36.7% |
| 5 Year | 88.3%88.3% | 146.1%123.5% | 64.3%46.2% |
Price Volatility Vs. Market
How volatile is Gartner's share price compared to the market and industry in the last 5 years?
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Should Gartner (NYSE:IT) Be Disappointed With Their 95% Profit?Valuation
Is Gartner undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
59.56x
Price to Earnings (PE) ratio
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: IT ($145.07) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($86.75)
Significantly Below Fair Value: IT is trading above our estimate of fair value.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: IT is poor value based on its PE Ratio (59.6x) compared to the IT industry average (37.1x).
PE vs Market: IT is poor value based on its PE Ratio (59.6x) compared to the US market (17.6x).
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PEG Ratio: IT is poor value based on its PEG Ratio (4.1x)
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: IT is overvalued based on its PB Ratio (13.6x) compared to the US IT industry average (4.3x).
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Future Growth
How is Gartner forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 6 analysts?
14.5%
Forecasted annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts
Analyst Future Growth Forecasts
Earnings vs Savings Rate: IT's forecast earnings growth (14.5% per year) is above the savings rate (2.7%).
Earnings vs Market: IT's earnings (14.5% per year) are forecast to grow slower than the US market (14.5% per year).
High Growth Earnings: IT's earnings are forecast to grow, but not significantly.
Revenue vs Market: IT's revenue (10.5% per year) is forecast to grow faster than the US market (7.2% per year).
High Growth Revenue: IT's revenue (10.5% per year) is forecast to grow slower than 20% per year.
Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts
Future Return on Equity
Future ROE: IT's Return on Equity is forecast to be very high in 3 years time (42.1%).
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Past Performance
How has Gartner performed over the past 5 years?
-13.9%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: IT's earnings have declined by -13.9% per year over the past 5 years.
Accelerating Growth: IT's earnings growth over the past year (156.4%) exceeds its 5-year average (-13.9% per year).
Earnings vs Industry: IT earnings growth over the past year (156.4%) exceeded the IT industry 9.8%.
Return on Equity
High ROE: Whilst IT's Return on Equity (22.82%) is high, this metric is skewed due to their high level of debt.
Return on Assets
ROA vs Industry: IT's Return on Assets is below or equal to the IT industry average last year.
Return on Capital Employed
ROCE Improving: IT's Return on Capital Employed has declined over the past 3 years.
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Financial Health
How is Gartner's financial position?
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: IT's short term assets ($1.7B) do not cover its short term liabilities ($2.5B)
Long Term Liabilities: IT's short term assets (1.7B) do not cover its long term liabilities (3.3B)
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: IT's debt to equity ratio (232.9%) is considered high
Reducing Debt: IT's debt to equity ratio has increased from 192.8% to 232.9% over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: IT's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (24.8%).
Interest Coverage: IT's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (3.7x coverage).
Balance Sheet
Inventory Level: IT has a low level of unsold assets or inventory.
Debt Coverage by Assets: IT's debt is not covered by short term assets (assets are 0.8x debt).
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Dividend
What is Gartner's current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Dividend Yield vs Market
Current dividend yield vs market & industry
Stability and Growth of Payments
Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate IT's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any payouts.
High Dividend: Unable to evaluate IT's dividend yield against the top 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any payouts.
Stable Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if IT's dividends per share have been stable in the past.
Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if IT's dividend payments have been increasing.
Current Payout to Shareholders
Dividend Coverage: Insufficient data to calculate payout ratio to determine if its dividend payments are covered by earnings.
Future Payout to Shareholders
Future Dividend Coverage: No need to calculate the sustainability of IT's dividend in 3 years as they are not forecast to pay a notable one for the US market.
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Management
What is the CEO of Gartner's salary, the management and board of directors tenure and is there insider trading?
8.4yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
Gene Hall (62yo)
15.2yrs
Tenure
US$11,502,517
Compensation
Mr. Eugene A. Hall, also known as, Gene serves as Chief Executive Officer of Gartner Inc. since 2004. He is Chief Executive Officer of Gartner Consulting, Inc., a subsidiary of Gartner, Inc. Mr. Hall has b ...
CEO Compensation Analysis
Compensation vs. Market: Gene's total compensation ($USD11.50M) is about average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD11.18M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Gene's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
Management Age and Tenure
8.4yrs
Average Tenure
52.5yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: IT's management team is seasoned and experienced (8.4 years average tenure).
Board Age and Tenure
13.0yrs
Average Tenure
64yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: IT's board of directors are seasoned and experienced ( 13 years average tenure).
Insider Trading
Insider Buying: IT insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.
Recent Insider Transactions
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Member of the Board of Directors Independent Director |
| Shares | 1,828 |
| Max Price | US$136.75 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Senior Key Executive Executive Vice President of Conferences |
| Shares | 1,500 |
| Max Price | US$132.58 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Senior Key Executive Executive Vice President of Conferences |
| Shares | 771 |
| Max Price | US$129.52 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Senior Key Executive Executive Vice President of Conferences |
| Shares | 400 |
| Max Price | US$133.04 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Shares | 4,032 |
| Max Price | US$157.29 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Senior Key Executive Executive Vice President of Conferences |
| Shares | 700 |
| Max Price | US$154.00 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Member of the Board of Directors Independent Director |
| Shares | 1,812 |
| Max Price | US$150.22 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Chief Information Officer Executive VP & Chief Information Officer |
| Shares | 700 |
| Max Price | US$154.00 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Head of Human Resources Executive Vice President of Human Resources |
| Shares | 6,366 |
| Max Price | US$154.42 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Shares | 8,259 |
| Max Price | US$144.14 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Shares | 3,706 |
| Max Price | US$145.13 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Head of Human Resources Executive Vice President of Human Resources |
| Shares | 8,496 |
| Max Price | US$143.00 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Chief Financial Officer Executive VP & CFO |
| Shares | 3,635 |
| Max Price | US$140.64 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Chief Executive Officer CEO & Director |
| Shares | 90,935 |
| Max Price | US$143.83 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Senior Key Executive Executive Vice President of Conferences |
| Shares | 1,909 |
| Max Price | US$142.01 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Head of Human Resources Executive Vice President of Human Resources |
| Shares | 3,085 |
| Max Price | US$149.24 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Chief Financial Officer Executive VP & CFO |
| Shares | 1,000 |
| Max Price | US$147.44 |
| Entity | Individual |
| Role | Senior Key Executive Executive Vice President of Conferences |
| Shares | 1,378 |
| Max Price | US$147.20 |
Ownership Breakdown
Management Team
Gene Hall (62yo)
CEO & Director
- Tenure: 15.2yrs
- Compensation: US$11.50m
Robin Kranich (48yo)
Executive Vice President of Human Resources
- Tenure: 11.4yrs
- Compensation: US$2.58m
Jules Kaufman (61yo)
Executive VP
- Tenure: 2.2yrs
Ken Davis (50yo)
Executive Vice President of Products & Services
- Tenure: 13.2yrs
David McVeigh (52yo)
Executive Vice President of Global Business Sales
- Tenure: 0.5yrs
- Compensation: US$2.59m
Alwyn Dawkins (53yo)
Executive Vice President of Conferences
- Tenure: 11.4yrs
- Compensation: US$2.60m
Mike Diliberto (53yo)
Executive VP & Chief Information Officer
- Tenure: 3.3yrs
Craig Safian (50yo)
Executive VP & CFO
- Tenure: 5.3yrs
- Compensation: US$3.51m
Peter Genovese
Senior Director of Sales Strategy & Operations
- Tenure: 0yrs
David Cohen
Group Vice President of Investor Relations
- Tenure: 0yrs
Board Members
Stephen Pagliuca (64yo)
Independent Director
- Tenure: 9.7yrs
- Compensation: US$300.07k
Bill Grabe (81yo)
Independent Director
- Tenure: 26.5yrs
- Compensation: US$317.42k
Raul Cesan (71yo)
Independent Director
- Tenure: 7.7yrs
- Compensation: US$310.03k
Rich Bressler (62yo)
Independent Director
- Tenure: 13.7yrs
- Compensation: US$330.07k
Karen Dykstra (60yo)
Independent Director
- Tenure: 12.3yrs
- Compensation: US$314.90k
Anne Fuchs (71yo)
Independent Director
- Tenure: 20.3yrs
- Compensation: US$332.61k
Jim Smith (79yo)
Independent Chairman of the Board
- Tenure: 15.2yrs
- Compensation: US$414.88k
Gene Hall (62yo)
CEO & Director
- Tenure: 15.2yrs
- Compensation: US$11.50m
Eileen Serra (64yo)
Independent Director
- Tenure: 2yrs
- Compensation: US$306.05k
Peter Bisson (62yo)
Independent Director
- Tenure: 3.2yrs
- Compensation: US$307.58k
Company Information
Gartner, Inc.'s company bio, employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: Gartner, Inc.
- Ticker: IT
- Exchange: NYSE
- Founded: 1979
- Industry: IT Consulting and Other Services
- Sector: Software
- Market Cap: US$13.076b
- Shares outstanding: 90.14m
- Website: https://www.gartner.com
Number of Employees
Location
- Gartner, Inc.
- 56 Top Gallant Road
- PO Box 10212
- Stamford
- Connecticut
- 6902
- United States
Listings
| Ticker | Exchange | Primary Security | Security Type | Country | Currency | Listed on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT | NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) | Yes | Common Stock | US | USD | Oct 1993 |
| GGRA | DB (Deutsche Boerse AG) | Yes | Common Stock | DE | EUR | Oct 1993 |
| IT * | BMV (Bolsa Mexicana de Valores) | Yes | Common Stock | MX | MXN | Oct 1993 |
| 0ITV | LSE (London Stock Exchange) | Yes | Common Stock | GB | USD | Oct 1993 |
Biography
Gartner, Inc. operates as a research and advisory company. It operates through three segments: Research, Conferences, and Consulting. The Research segment offers objective insights and advice on the priori ...
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2019/10/21 23:36 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2019/10/21 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2019/06/30 |
| Annual Earnings | 2018/12/31 |
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